Delhi Mundka fire tragedy: CM Kejriwal orders magisterial inquiry, announces compensation
India | May 14, 2022, 11:54 AM ISTA magistrate-level inquiry will also be initiated, the CM added.
A magistrate-level inquiry will also be initiated, the CM added.
The owner of the building has been identified as Manish Lakra who lived on the top floor. Lakra is currently absconding.
Eight persons, including two children, died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses were gutted in a fire in Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said.
Last year, Ansals and former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and 2 others- PP Batra and Anoop Singh Karayat- were awarded 7-year jail term by a trial court and the sessions court had refused to suspend the sentence and release them on bail.
The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against Sushil Ansal under section 177 (furnishing false information) and 181 (False statement on oath) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 12 of Passport Act.
Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the respondents to file a response on the petitions and listed the matter for further hearing on January 6.
The court also awarded 7-year-jail term each to former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and two others -- P P Batra and Anoop Singh and slapped a fine of Rs 3 lakh each on them.
The court is likely to hear arguments on quantum of sentence on Monday. The convicts may face a maximum term of life imprisonment.
The case is related to the tampering with the evidence of the main case of the fire tragedy which had claimed 59 lives, in which Ansals were convicted and sentenced to two years jail term by the Supreme Court.
At least 17 workers, including 15 women, were killed in the massive fire at SVS Aqua Technologies's plant, which manufacturers chemicals, including chlorine dioxide (used in water purification), on Monday.
Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to each family who have lost their loved ones in the fire incident today.
The Web series will be based on Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy's book "Trial By Fire: The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy".
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday ran a 3D laser scan on the building in Anaj Mandi near Filmistan that engulfed in a blaze on Sunday killing 43 people, to recreate the how the situation unfolded.
Chaotic scenes prevailed at Maulana Azad Medical College, where the autopsy of the victims of the Anaj Mandi fire incident was done, as people said they were confused about how to transport the bodies of their relatives back home.
Instead of waking up to the rising red sun on a cold Sunday morning, residents of the national capital's Anaj Mandi woke up to thick smoke and trapped voices calling out for desperate help from inside the factory which was ablaze.
Shukla told PTI that he has seen massive fires during his service but the Anaj Mandi incident was one of the deadliest. "I have handled close to 7,000 fire rescue calls and was a part of the rescue operation during the Hotel Arpit Palace Fire in Karol Bagh and the recent AIIMS hospital fire. This was one of the major fires in terms of the casualties," he told PTI.
Delhi Police on Sunday arrested building owner Rehan and his manager Furkan in connection with the Anaj Mandi fire incident, which claimed 43 lives.
"Scientifically, the articles can only be collected after the fire has completely ended and we can get access to the rooms,"Laboratory Director Deepa Verma told PTI.
At least 43 people were killed after a massive fire broke out at a six-storey factory in the Anaj Mandi on Rani Jhansi Road in Delhi on Sunday morning when labourers were asleep inside.
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